PediNurse3

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  1. To be a pediatric nurse or not to be?

    PediNurse3 replied to WannabeNurse(:'s topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I know that this is an old thread but wanted to chime in. :) I went from an adult ER to the PICU. I MUCH prefer the pediatric population over adults but I DO NOT LIKE PI. There is just too much...

  2. Can the PICU ever be fun?

    PediNurse3 replied to JeanettePNP's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    It can be fun, but (for me) the sadness far outweighs the happy/not so heavy times in the unit. It's just too sad for

  3. Just got hired onto PICU!!! :D

    PediNurse3 replied to Blessed2LoveNursing's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Congratulations!

  4. Precedex tubing

    PediNurse3 replied to CICURN07's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Our precedex drips are run on a syringe pump and it's not filtered, we just use regular medline tubing. For awhile we were putting things that were less run at less than 1 ml an hour on pressure...

  5. % of grads that are employed?

    PediNurse3 replied to uRabbit's topic in Nursing Career

    I was not a CNA but yes, it was similar to a CNA position. It was in the ER and we did a slew of things, catheter insertions, blood draw, EKG, splinting, wound prep,

  6. % of grads that are employed?

    PediNurse3 replied to uRabbit's topic in Nursing Career

    My junior year of nursing school I was a PCT, my senior year I was a nurse extern (could start IVs and insert NG tubes under the supervision of a RN). Most of the hospitals in Texas offer internships...

  7. Anyone else not able to get their license in MN due to BON temporary closure?

    PediNurse3 replied to DolceVita's topic in First Year After Licensure

    A friend of mine lives in MN and is up for renewal in August- she was just saying the other day that she can't get her license renewed until the government shutdown/whatever is

  8. Is it ok to do this?

    PediNurse3 replied to SydneyJo1's topic in Nursing Career

    Perfectly fine, and they are used to it. Just be professional and thank them for the opportunity in a timely manor...I wouldn't wait until the day before you were supposed to

  9. I hate nursing!!!

    PediNurse3 replied to OverlyStressedRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Perhaps you just haven't found your niche? It took me two positions (one in a level I trauma center and another in the PICU) to realize that I don't just dislike bedside nursing, I flat out hate it,...

  10. % of grads that are employed?

    PediNurse3 replied to uRabbit's topic in Nursing Career

    I don't have any statistics, but I will tell you...when I graduated, out of about 95 of us, there were probably 15-20 who didn't have jobs when we graduated. It was for a variety of reasons, some...

  11. Scheduling expectations

    PediNurse3 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    The unit that I work in for the next two weeks has a scheduling committe that keeps track of holidays worked. Requirements are one summer holiday (Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day), and...

  12. What's your favorite shift to work?

    PediNurse3 replied to JennNHD24's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked several of them... 3p-3a--this is while I was in nursing school. I would get home around 3:30 and get up at 6:30 and go to class or clinical. That did not last long. 11a-11p--never...

  13. 75 Questions on NCLEX, pass or fail?

    PediNurse3 replied to Lurksalot's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Pass! I thought for sure that I had failed